ARTICLE MARKETTING.... I NEED YOU TO CRITUE MY PLAN.

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Hi senior warriors,
By introduction, i am a newbie in the mainstream of IM. Although, i have been online for over 8 years, yet, i have not a viable internet biz. I have made some token online via some short term online biz but, yet to build a viable business.
In the past 6months, i have gone underground to think of the best internet business to pursue to ensure a long term profitability. In my quest, i found out ARTICLE marketing. I have since been studying more about article marketing. Now, i have made up my mind to pursue article marketing cum affiliate marketing. Drive traffic with the articles and build my site's rank on google, fix affiliate products on my site and make the sales
Just before i venture into this project, i need some senior member to critique my proposed internet biz plan. I understand that some of my seniors here know better and i want to drink from your river of wisdom. How viable is article marketing? How can i go about it to ensure success? How long will it take b4 i start seeing result?
Let me let you into my plan. What i intend doing is starting from today, i shall be writing 2 articles/day. Hopefully, by the end of the month, i will have 60 articles. I have heard about UWA Unique article wizard and i want to use their service for my submission of my articles to over 1000 article directories and blogs. That means reproducing a single article into 1000 copies. With my 60 articles, i will have 6000 unique articles on the net all with my chosen keywords, pointing back to my site. This i believe will build my site's rank. Am i right?
My greatest challenge is the UAW registration of $67/month which i do not have right away. Otherwise, i will be going by now. I have started the article writing but no money for the UNIQUE ARTICLE WIZARD registration.
This is my biz plan for article marketing. I already have a blog for this task at The Loss Weight Info That Worked For Me!. Seems i am a bit on track. Now, i need a good critique of my business plan. An objective critical analysis of my biz plan please.
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  • Profile picture of the author LargeBenjamin
    First of all, you are going into one of the most saturated niches in existence. Every newbie and his dog has dipped his toe into the weightloss niche, so you have very heavy competition, and the only people that are making any money in this niche are those who really know what they are doing.

    Secondly, spun articles will largely give you very weak links, especially since the last google algo update that devalued article directories.

    Thirdly, you should not rely on just one source of links, you want all sorts of different links to your site in order to rank. I suggest you go and read up on seo.

    To sum up:
    -choose a niche that does not have such a huge amount of competition.
    -Research SEO, learn what is involved and set realistic expectations

    I don´t mean to putter a dampener on things
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    • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
      Originally Posted by LargeBenjamin View Post

      First of all, you are going into one of the most saturated niches in existence. Every newbie and his dog has dipped his toe into the weightloss niche, so you have very heavy competition, and the only people that are making any money in this niche are those who really know what they are doing.

      Secondly, spun articles will largely give you very weak links, especially since the last google algo update that devalued article directories.

      Thirdly, you should not rely on just one source of links, you want all sorts of different links to your site in order to rank. I suggest you go and read up on seo.

      To sum up:
      -choose a niche that does not have such a huge amount of competition.
      -Research SEO, learn what is involved and set realistic expectations

      I don´t mean to putter a dampener on things
      You really dampen my spirit... thanks all the same. You are right! I have seen others reply and suggestion and as such, i do not have a choice than to take to your advice.
      Now, if you will do me justice, am i to dump that blog and start a new blog afresh?
      You know in that case, if i am to choose a new niche, that blog won't work again.
      Now, i need your candid advice on what niche i should choose. Remember, i am a newbie. Thanks
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by nigerianguy View Post

        Now, if you will do me justice, am i to dump that blog and start a new blog afresh?
        For myself, I would actually choose a new niche and start again, honestly; yes.

        But for all the reasons given in post #3 above, I really wouldn't just choose a new niche and try the same sort of marketing methods outlined above. At the risk of boring you by repetition, that isn't "article marketing", it's a poor variety of "article directory marketing" and it's going to be very difficult to make steady sales using that system; sorry, but whatever niche you choose, spinning and mass directory submission isn't going to be easy money, by any stretch of the imagination - it really isn't.
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  • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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    Originally Posted by nigerianguy View Post

    How viable is article marketing?
    Very viable indeed.

    But unfortunately, what you're proposing to do really isn't "article marketing": it's "article directory marketing" (and not even a good variation of that), which hasn't been nearly so viable at all, for rather a long time.

    Originally Posted by nigerianguy View Post

    With my 60 articles, i will have 6000 unique articles on the net all with my chosen keywords, pointing back to my site. This i believe will build my site's rank. Am i right?
    Please excuse my embarrassingly negative tone, but it's honestly not my idea of an article marketing business at all. I very strongly suspect that "to build your site's rank" using article directory backlinks (the lowest of the low) in this niche (the most competitive of the most competitive), you're going to need about 600,000 of them. 6,000 won't even scratch the surface.

    It seems that you have a very fundamental misunderstanding about spinning and backlinks. Spinning your articles will not make their backlinks worth any more. There's a huge number of threads here that you can read on this subject.

    Judging by the **** berry stuff on your site, I think about 4 years ago was the time (if any) to try this. Some article directories won't even accept articles on or linking to this subject at all, now. Sorry, but you did ask, and it would be a great shame for your action-taking enthusiasm to be so very misdirected.
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    • Profile picture of the author Diane S
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Judging by the **** berry stuff on your site, I think about 4 years ago was the time (if any) to try this. Some article directories won't even accept articles on or linking to this subject at all, now.
      Absolutely, Alexa is right about that. That product is getting bad publicity in mainstream press, as well. The tide has turned for that product - don't get knocked off your surfboard because you forgot to watch the wave...
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      • Profile picture of the author Richard Van
        Nigerianguy,

        I think what I'd have said, has been said.

        I also think it's important and this point to dust yourself off, have a good look around at how things work, learn as much as you can and keep going.

        You're a very polite chap and you have the right drive to succeed, you just need to do it in the right way. Good luck and well done for taking action.
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        • Profile picture of the author bethsuzi
          If I were you, I would be promoting products out-with the health arena (unless you really know what you are talking about) reading your blog does not fill me with confidence that you did indeed use that weight loss system.

          I know this is not what you originally asked about, but just as a side piece of advice, I would also watch your writing style on your site. It looks like you are trying to keyword stuff your content and it dosn't really come accross as natural, that's going to put potential customers off right away.

          With regards to the article marketing, write good articles and submit them to Ezine. Once they have been published, change them slightly and submit to Articlesbase, Articledashboard and Go.

          Then, change the articles up a little once again and submit to some Web 2.0 - they still carry weight and bookmark your links.

          You can also convert your articles to PDF's and submit to PDF sites such as Docstoc and Scribd as well as converting to audio/video files. Forget about submitting to a squillion article directories that never see the light of day.

          All the best

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          • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
            Originally Posted by bethsuzi View Post

            If I were you, I would be promoting products out-with the health arena (unless you really know what you are talking about) reading your blog does not fill me with confidence that you did indeed use that weight loss system.

            I know this is not what you originally asked about, but just as a side piece of advice, I would also watch your writing style on your site. It looks like you are trying to keyword stuff your content and it dosn't really come accross as natural, that's going to put potential customers off right away.

            With regards to the article marketing, write good articles and submit them to Ezine. Once they have been published, change them slightly and submit to Articlesbase, Articledashboard and Go.

            Then, change the articles up a little once again and submit to some Web 2.0 - they still carry weight and bookmark your links.

            You can also convert your articles to PDF's and submit to PDF sites such as Docstoc and Scribd as well as converting to audio/video files. Forget about submitting to a squillion article directories that never see the light of day.

            All the best

            Bethsuzi
            Thanks.
            I have taken note of your suggestion. Never mind me, i am just a beginner and that is why i need to seek advice from my seniors and gurus in the house. Thanks
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      • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
        Originally Posted by Diane S View Post

        Absolutely, Alexa is right about that. That product is getting bad publicity in mainstream press, as well. The tide has turned for that product - don't get knocked off your surfboard because you forgot to watch the wave...
        Thanks for this piece of info. I am proud of you all for your assistance. Never mind. I am far away in Africa and might not have been privilege to hear about all these stuffs about **** berry. I will pull it off my blog ASAP
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    • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
      Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

      Very viable indeed.

      But unfortunately, what you're proposing to do really isn't "article marketing": it's "article directory marketing" (and not even a good variation of that), which hasn't been nearly so viable at all, for rather a long time.



      Please excuse my embarrassingly negative tone, but it's honestly not my idea of an article marketing business at all. I very strongly suspect that "to build your site's rank" using article directory backlinks (the lowest of the low) in this niche (the most competitive of the most competitive), you're going to need about 600,000 of them. 6,000 won't even scratch the surface.

      It seems that you have a very fundamental misunderstanding about spinning and backlinks. Spinning your articles will not make their backlinks worth any more. There's a huge number of threads here that you can read on this subject.

      Judging by the **** berry stuff on your site, I think about 4 years ago was the time (if any) to try this. Some article directories won't even accept articles on or linking to this subject at all, now. Sorry, but you did ask, and it would be a great shame for your action-taking enthusiasm to be so very misdirected.
      Thanks alex,
      But, what is article marketing? i am getting more confused. I really need help! someone should please make a clarification between article marketing and article submission marketing to me.
      My novice believe is that, if i have several thousands of articles on the internet via unique article wizard (i plan to submit 100 articles per month), then, there is posibility that someone see my article and the article links the person to my website while at the same time, it helps me in my link building. I may be wrong and stand to be corrected. But, that was my thought.
      About the **** berry, i will remove it from my blog ASAP. After all, it isn't making my any money yet.
      Please, someone should please teach me what to do if i really want to make money online. I mean a business that can last for life. Thanks
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by nigerianguy View Post

        But, what is article marketing? i am getting more confused. I really need help! someone should please make a clarification between article marketing and article submission marketing to me.
        Have a look at one (or preferably many) of "tpw" 's posts here. (He's actually called Bill). And click the links in his signature-file. You'll find some very good free stuff you can download and read.

        "Article marketing", is - in its broader sense - a much broader method of which what you're thinking of ("article directory marketing") is one small example. The point is that there are much better places than article directories that you can get your articles published. And get much better traffic and backlinks than you can get from article directories. I'm not saying "Don't use article directories", just that that should be a small part of what you do with your articles, not the main part.

        Originally Posted by nigerianguy View Post

        My novice believe is that, if i have several thousands of articles on the internet via unique article wizard (i plan to submit 100 articles per month), then, there is posibility that someone see my article and the article links the person to my website while at the same time, it helps me in my link building. I may be wrong and stand to be corrected. But, that was my thought.
        It's true-ish. The problem is that you'll need hundred of thousands of articles to do it, not just tens of thousands, and definitely not just thousands. Partly because it's a hugely competitive niche in which your competitors are well-established and are building lists and doing email marketing as well as article marketing.

        There are millions of articles online about **** berries. You'll be competing with all of them. And that's not an easy starting position. Not in a niche like that where "originality" is pretty difficult.

        The traffic you can get from article directories in this niche isn't too hot (and it isn't easy to get it, either). And the backlinks are dreadful.
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        • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
          Originally Posted by Alexa Smith View Post

          Have a look at one (or preferably many) of "tpw" 's posts here. (He's actually called Bill). And click the links in his signature-file. You'll find some very good free stuff you can download and read.

          "Article marketing", is - in its broader sense - a much broader method of which what you're thinking of ("article directory marketing") is one small example. The point is that there are much better places than article directories that you can get your articles published. And get much better traffic and backlinks than you can get from article directories. I'm not saying "Don't use article directories", just that that should be a small part of what you do with your articles, not the main part.



          It's true-ish. The problem is that you'll need hundred of thousands of articles to do it, not just tens of thousands, and definitely not just thousands. Partly because it's a hugely competitive niche in which your competitors are well-established and are building lists and doing email marketing as well as article marketing.

          There are millions of articles online about **** berries. You'll be competing with all of them. And that's not an easy starting position. Not in a niche like that where "originality" is pretty difficult.

          The traffic you can get from article directories in this niche isn't too hot (and it isn't easy to get it, either). And the backlinks are dreadful.
          okay, what if i pull off that **** berry stuff and get another affiliate product and then streamline my articles on that new product. Or are you saying that, the weightloss niche in particular is what i should avoid totally as a beginner?
          Please be my coach.
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        • Profile picture of the author Search
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          • Originally Posted by Search View Post

            How do you actually know that it would take hundreds of thousands of articles, rather than tens of thousands, if you have never done this? Or have you?
            Seem to be picking on Alexa don't we

            I'll answer for ya if you want. For a term like "lose weight", even a page like wikipedia that has 500,000 links (and that's probably not all of them) is only ranking number 8! And that's with a variety of PR 0-9 links going to the page.

            Now imagine how many PR 0's you need? Maybe she was being modest by saying hundreds of thousands. I'd say in the millions.

            Number 6 ranked website has 2,365,000 links. Again, a mix of different PR links.

            So maybe, even needing in the tens of millions?

            perhaps?
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              • Profile picture of the author myob
                Originally Posted by Search View Post

                Please come back and tell me when you have actually tested your theory. Until then, it's speculation.
                You can verify this yourself. I'm competing against dozens of just as hotly competitive niches; most of which do have websites with backlinks on the order of several hundred thousand.

                It would seem that it would take orders of magnitude greater if they were using PR0 backlinks as would be expected from article directories. The upshot here is that article marketing for ranking or backlinks especially in such highly competitive markets is fundamentally worthless.
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                  • Profile picture of the author myob
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                    Indeed, I have tested this. And no matter what I do, none of my websites have ever ranked higher than 10,000 from the top. They are all in extremely competitive (and quite lucrative, btw) niches. The websites ranking near the top will usually have backlinks well into six figures, but still never reach number 1 because of heavier competition for long tail keywords. There are many tools to check on some of the backlinks for websites such as Backlink Checker - iWEBTOOL.com.

                    My online marketing model for the past 10 years has been primarily article syndication, as has been discussed quite extensively particulary by Alexa Smith. Using this model, I have been able to break into these competitive markets by submitting relevant articles to my combined syndicated network of currently well over 23,000 high authority ezines, websites, blogs, and offline trade journals, magazines and newspapers.

                    It does not take very many articles at all to make a killing in even these very competitive markets. For example, and as I have often mentioned, every one of my articles when fully distributed within my targeted syndicated network can be expected to bring in an additional monthly revenue of $3,000-$7,000.

                    There is no other marketing method, at least not that I'm aware of, that has such a high side potential as article syndication. This truly is "article marketing" taken to its highest level.

                    Now then, I don't think I'm too far off by saying you will never see anything approaching such an income level by merely spinning articles for 100,000 or even 500,000 backlinks. Besides, you seem to be working way too hard. :p
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                    • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
                      Originally Posted by myob View Post

                      %Search

                      Indeed, I have tested this. And no matter what I do, none of my websites have ever ranked higher than 10,000 from the top. They are all in extremely competitive (and quite lucrative, btw) niches. The websites ranking near the top will usually have backlinks well into six figures, but still never reach number 1 because of heavier competition for long tail keywords. There are many tools to check on some of the backlinks for websites such as Backlink Checker - iWEBTOOL.com.

                      My online marketing model for the past 10 years has been primarily article syndication, as has been discussed quite extensively particulary by Alexa Smith. Using this model, I have been able to break into these competitive markets by submitting relevant articles to my combined syndicated network of currently well over 23,000 high authority ezines, websites, blogs, and offline trade journals, magazines and newspapers.

                      It does not take very many articles at all to make a killing in even these very competitive markets. For example, and as I have often mentioned, every one of my articles when fully distributed within my targeted syndicated network can be expected to bring in an additional monthly revenue of $3,000-$7,000.

                      There is no other marketing method, at least not that I'm aware of, that has such a high side potential as article syndication. This truly is "article marketing" taken to its highest level.

                      Now then, I don't think I'm too far off by saying you will never see anything approaching such an income level by merely spinning articles for 100,000 or even 500,000 backlinks. Besides, you seem to be working way too hard. :p
                      myob,
                      seems like i have already identified the mentor i am looking for. I am afraid you are the one. Now, you have to be my coach and take me as your student.
                      I lay bear my mind... i do not know what article syndication is all about but you do... i want you to give me the steps and guide i need to follow. I want you to hold me by the hand and lead me to a $2000/month business in this article syndication business.
                      Remember i am a newbie and helping me out will be a great credit because, i will forever be your disciple. Right now, i will add you as a friend and coach. Please, teach me how to fish!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • Profile picture of the author dejoliet31
    The viewpoints given are great advice that needs to be heeded. Almost all of my traffic comes from free sources, including a goodly amount of article marketing.

    What you have proposed has little chance of working without massive effort on your part. Alexa's advice is on point. So revising your plan is in order. Alas, this is only advice so it can be taken or not. However, many newbies have been blessed to receive such advice for free.

    I applaud your focus and determination. Hope you can get it laser targeted on the right methods.
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    • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
      Originally Posted by dejoliet31 View Post

      The viewpoints given are great advice that needs to be heeded. Almost all of my traffic comes from free sources, including a goodly amount of article marketing.

      What you have proposed has little chance of working without massive effort on your part. Alexa's advice is on point. So revising your plan is in order. Alas, this is only advice so it can be taken or not. However, many newbies have been blessed to receive such advice for free.

      I applaud your focus and determination. Hope you can get it laser targeted on the right methods.
      Thanks dejoliet,
      I love your words. What do you suggest i do. I am ready to take your advice. Kindly give me the hint on what i need to do or improve on so that i will be successful. Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author AlanT
    You've been given some very solid advice by the others above. Yet me see if I can add something new.

    I think there are 2 other flaws in your plan. First, to drive traffic to a site where you post banners and other ads, is a weak form of affiliate marketing. You really will do better to build a list in whatever niche you go into, and promote affiliate products through email.

    Second, focusing on producing thousands of articles to drive traffic is, in my opinion, also not the greatest strategy. (It does have it's place for SEO, but not so much for traffic generation.)

    Far better would it be to write a handful of QUALITY articles, get them published in ezines that people actually READ, and you'll get a lot more of the right kind of traffic.
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    • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
      Originally Posted by AlanT View Post

      You've been given some very solid advice by the others above. Yet me see if I can add something new.

      I think there are 2 other flaws in your plan. First, to drive traffic to a site where you post banners and other ads, is a weak form of affiliate marketing. You really will do better to build a list in whatever niche you go into, and promote affiliate products through email.

      Second, focusing on producing thousands of articles to drive traffic is, in my opinion, also not the greatest strategy. (It does have it's place for SEO, but not so much for traffic generation.)

      Far better would it be to write a handful of QUALITY articles, get them published in ezines that people actually READ, and you'll get a lot more of the right kind of traffic.
      Do you mean that writing and submitting articles to ezine article is the core of article marketing.
      Can i combine the effort of pursuing my UAW article directory submission couple with ezine submission? say i submit 100 articles/month to ezine articles and also 100 per month to article directory submission via UAW.
      What about this. Will it earn me something tangible at the end of the month? Thanks
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      • Profile picture of the author AlanT
        Originally Posted by nigerianguy View Post

        Do you mean that writing and submitting articles to ezine article is the core of article marketing.
        Can i combine the effort of pursuing my UAW article directory submission couple with ezine submission? say i submit 100 articles/month to ezine articles and also 100 per month to article directory submission via UAW.
        What about this. Will it earn me something tangible at the end of the month? Thanks
        My main point is that you could be spending valuable time on a process that (most likely) won't drive any significant traffic to your site. Far better to spend your time on producing higher quality articles and getting them published where your customers will see them.

        In my experience, it's a LOT easier to get an ezine to publish your articles if you contact them directly, rather than submit to article directories.
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      • Originally Posted by nigerianguy View Post

        Do you mean that writing and submitting articles to ezine article is the core of article marketing.
        Can i combine the effort of pursuing my UAW article directory submission couple with ezine submission? say i submit 100 articles/month to ezine articles and also 100 per month to article directory submission via UAW.
        What about this. Will it earn me something tangible at the end of the month? Thanks
        I think it's 'MYOB' in this forum who said he does well in niches that are very competitive due to the manor he does it in. For example, he doesn't have to be ranking to do well.

        You can piggy-back off the traffic of other sites if they publish your work. Therefore skipping the whole process of having to rank to get visitors.

        You could go about it either way...

        What I mean is :- You could create articles until the blood flow to your fingertips stops, for the sole purpose of a few visitors, possibly no publishing because the quality suffers, and a huge amount of backlinks in the hope you have enough to rank.

        Or you could spend time doing 1 good Article a day; publish it to your site first, then publish it to the more trafficked Article Directories, and then actively search for more avenues to have your Articles published.

        Which you choose is up to you.
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        • Profile picture of the author AlanT
          Originally Posted by Jason Perez O'Connor View Post

          What I mean is :- You could create articles until the blood flow to your fingertips stops, for the sole purpose of a few visitors, possibly no publishing because the quality suffers, and a huge amount of backlinks in the hope you have enough to rank.

          Or you could spend time doing 1 good Article a day; publish it to your site first, then publish it to the more trafficked Article Directories, and then actively search for more avenues to have your Articles published.

          Which you choose is up to you.
          Yes, exactly! Expressed more clearly than what I wrote above.
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          • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
            Originally Posted by AlanT View Post

            Yes, exactly! Expressed more clearly than what I wrote above.
            Got a clearer picture now. In essence, seems like there isn't much problem with my business plan just that, my niche is highly competitive. Maybe, i have been misled by Kay Zee's google slicer. He opined that chosing an established niche and just finding a way out to take a little slice out really works. It's from his book that i got to know about UAW.
            All the same, i shall not drop my The Loss Weight Info That Worked For Me!. I will rather do as as Jason Perez said. post quality articles to my own blog first and i can then get it posted on ezine articles and others. All the same, i won't let go of my UAW plan coz i have other better plans about this aside helping my site. Thanks
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        • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
          Originally Posted by Jason Perez O'Connor View Post

          I think it's 'MYOB' in this forum who said he does well in niches that are very competitive due to the manor he does it in. For example, he doesn't have to be ranking to do well.

          You can piggy-back off the traffic of other sites if they publish your work. Therefore skipping the whole process of having to rank to get visitors.

          You could go about it either way...

          What I mean is :- You could create articles until the blood flow to your fingertips stops, for the sole purpose of a few visitors, possibly no publishing because the quality suffers, and a huge amount of backlinks in the hope you have enough to rank.

          Or you could spend time doing 1 good Article a day; publish it to your site first, then publish it to the more trafficked Article Directories, and then actively search for more avenues to have your Articles published.

          Which you choose is up to you.
          Thank you for your words. But, you are really scaring me all the same. But, i really picked up something from your words. That i should post quality articles to my blog first of all before any submission. Thanks. That's the beauty of rubbing mind with the seniors in the house.
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  • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
    Thank you all who gave your advice. I shall look forward to more advice and recommendation from you all. I am open to new ideas and mentorship. Kindly be my coach. Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
    No more critique? I can't wait to have you take a look and give a good advice. Thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author myob
      @ nigerianguy

      Your ambition and enthusiasm are inspiring and very important to maintain despite the many setbacks you will face. Your chosen niche (weight loss) is indeed very competitive, but that also means it is very lucrative. As others have advised, however, stay away from gimmicks such as **** berries; it will hurt your credibility.

      You also need to realize that writing even 6,000 articles as in your OP is nowhere near enough for ranking or backlinks in competitive niches such as this. So don't waste your money on UAW registration or any other marketing schemes involving spinning articles or marketing to thousands of directories.

      There is an excellent WSO recently by Dr Mani that summarizes much of the article marketing techniques used by most of the experienced and successful professional writers as briefly alluded to in this thread and discussed in detail in the Forum. Do a search for "article syndication".

      If you choose to write articles, the highest use of these articles especially in competitive markets such as yours would be to submit them to relevant ezine publishers, blogs, and websites. The specifics are covered in Dr Mani's WSO, which I believe currently still sells for the very nominal price of $12. Certainly it is a much better investment than the UAW registration of $67/month.
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      • Profile picture of the author Devid Farah
        Hi nigerianguy,

        Here are the issues:

        - very competitive niche
        - Too many 1 type links
        - Most medium sites get 6000 links in one to three years not overnight
        - Spun articles will get no love from Google

        There are much better ways of promoting your websites seriously.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jake Gray
    Article marketing is extremely useful and powerful.

    (Not referring to UAW) Submitting your article to numerous directories isn't for backlinks. If your content is quality, it will be used by other webmasters, therefore creating backlinks for your website AKA Article syndication. Don't waste time with these places such as UAW. Create quality content, submit to directories such as ezine and wait for them to be syndicated.
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    • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
      Originally Posted by Jake Gray View Post

      Article marketing is extremely useful and powerful.

      (Not referring to UAW) Submitting your article to numerous directories isn't for backlinks. If your content is quality, it will be used by other webmasters, therefore creating backlinks for your website AKA Article syndication. Don't waste time with these places such as UAW. Create quality content, submit to directories such as ezine and wait for them to be syndicated.
      I appreciate your advise. I have even made up my mind to be posting my articles on my blog rather than concentrating on submitting it all about. I think i now understand better. I shall make it 80:20 ratio for submiting on my blog and submiting on other directories. Thank you
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  • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
    I need more mentors and coaches on article marketing... Thank you all
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    • Originally Posted by nigerianguy View Post

      I need more mentors and coaches on article marketing... Thank you all
      Cheating on your first choice as a mentor before you even begin learning from him, you sl*t!

      Jokes aside, you'd probably wise just to listen to any posts made by Alexa, MYOB, tpw and drmani.
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      • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
        Originally Posted by Jason Perez O'Connor View Post

        Cheating on your first choice as a mentor before you even begin learning from him, you sl*t!

        Jokes aside, you'd probably wise just to listen to any posts made by Alexa, MYOB, tpw and drmani.
        Never mind me... I was only trying to be too smart. Now, let's get down to business. What is my ffirst lesson and how long will my lessons last at least to make my first $1000. Let's get started. Thanks
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        • Profile picture of the author myob
          Originally Posted by nigerianguy View Post

          ... What is my ffirst lesson and how long will my lessons last at least to make my first $1000. Let's get started. Thanks
          The lessons are all right here in the WF. Do a forum search for "article syndication" and read posts particularly from Alexa, tpw and drmani. In addition, as I referenced earlier in this thread, Dr Mani has an excellent WSO nicely summarizing this marketing model. I think it's still $12, so get started with that. The rest is up to you.
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          • Profile picture of the author nigerianguy
            Originally Posted by myob View Post

            The lessons are all right here in the WF. Do a forum search for "article syndication" and read posts particularly from Alexa, tpw and drmani. In addition, as I referenced earlier in this thread, Dr Mani has an excellent WSO nicely summarizing this marketing model. I think it's still $12, so get started with that. The rest is up to you.

            Alright! I will get to work with the threads. I have problem with paypal. They do not accept my country and as such, i am handicapped to buy things online.
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